P and I went to bottle the wine we had "made" at Fermented Grape. I've never bottled my own wine before but it was actually a very fun process. The owner there was very friendly and helpful. The washing and sterilizing of bottles were a more simple process than I had anticipated. P did a very good job corking after the bottles were filled. But I thought the coolest step was sealing the top around the cork with a heated machine...very fun...but actually takes more technique to do a good job than it seems! However, there was still the tedious labelling task that we didn't enjoy as much. Needless to say, the labelling took the longest. I wish I had taken a camera there so I can post some pictures of the process but I'm not sure if we were even allowed to do that.
Now we have A LOT of wine in storage in preparation for August. I would definitely recommend Fermented Grape to those who like wine and want to buy a lot of it. It's much better to go make your own. It's a fairly good deal, especially if you're a first time customer. My only suggestion would be to collect your own used wine bottles to re-use since they charge $1 plus tax for each bottle you need.
I'll take a picture of the finished product when I have time.
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